Lowell City (part 9 of 11)

The Hibernian of Boston, April 30, 1906, said of him: "We are glad to note that the people of Lowell, as represented by its leading citizens, recently honored Mr. Humphrey O'Sullivan by giving him a public banquet. Mr. O'Sullivan besides being a most enterprising and successful business man, is one of the most public-spirited men in Massachusetts, and if the honors are measured out to him which he certainly deserves, the people of Lowell - and it may be said of the entire state - will scarcely limit them to a seat in Congress, for which he has already been mentioned."

The Sunday Telegram of Lowell, February 18, 1906, said: "Mr. O'Sullivan is a fine type of what for want of a better phrase we are accustomed to call "the self-made" man; but he is lacking in the egregious conceit and purseproud complacency which mark the great majority of that ilk. He is in'every sense a man of the people, familiar with their needs and wants, their aspirations and desires - a fact to which all his business and personal relations and doings bear eloquent testimony. From the day he landed in New York, a poor boy from Ireland - his only capital his printer's trade, his union card and his determined ambition to make a place and name for himself in the land of his adoption - down to the present time, Humphrey O'Sullivan has been a worker as well as a dreamer - a rare combination, and one which enables a man to rise to the highest pinnacles of success - the kind of success which is worth winning and which is good for others as well as himself. While he has worked to get ahead in the world, he has dreamed of making good use of what measure of worldly success might come to him, and he has made his dreams come true in larger measure than any but himself has knowledge. Many a life has been made happier, many a man has been helped over a rough spot and had his faith in himself and the world revived and renewed by the sympathetic and practical assistance extended by Humphrey ©'Sullivan in the hour of need. Many a good:cause has been advanced by the aid and comfort extended to it by Humphrey O'Sullivan. And in doing things like these he has not asked: "Will it pay?" but rather: "Is it right?" 'Will it tend to make people happy - to make life better worth living ?"

Of the many extensive advertisers in this country who use the columns of the magazines and big dailies, Mr. O'Sullivan stands preeminently at the head, as was demonstrated by his first prize winnings offered by the San Francisco News Letter in 1905, and Appleton's Booklovers Magazine in November, 1905.

In the Christmas issue of the San Francisco News Letter of 1905, there appeared an "ad." which won first prize of five hundred and twenty ($520.00) dollars offered by that paper for the best display advertisement, and that prize was won by Mr. O'Sullivan. When one considers that this contest was an open competition for the National advertisers (being such firms as expend from one hundred thousand, to a half a million of dollars each year on advertising) it can be readily seen that the winning of such a prize is not measured by the dollars and cents that go to make the prize, but rather, that to the winner belongs the credit and distinction of possessing a characteristic advertising acumen, second to no man in the country.

As truth is never flattery, these facts, therefore, attest the ranking of Mr. O'Sullivan among the National Advertisers of the United States. Another prize-winning contest of note in which Mr. O'Sullivan again received first honors was that offered by Appleton's Booklovers Magazine of New York in November, 1905, and open to the advertisers throughout the country. This prize amounted to one hundred and fifty ($150.00) and was jealously sought for by each contestant, but once again Mr. O'Sullivan demonstrated his mental prowess by capturing the first prize.

He married January 26, 1877, Hannah Driscoll, daughter of Daniel and Mary (Walsh) ' Driscoll of County Cork, Ireland. (See sketch of the Driscoll family.) They reside at 105 Butterfield street. They had two children, both dying in infancy.

Maine, ancestor of J. Munn Andrews, of Lowell, Massachusetts, was baptized August 7, 1720, and died March 12, 1790. He was married February 9, 1743, to Olive Emery, of Berwick, Maine, who was baptized February

9, 1724, and died February 13, 1817. They lived in that part of Berw ick called Beaverdam, a name given, to the locality on account of the large numbers of beavers found in the so-called Beaver Brook.

(I) Some of the early descendants of Joshva Andros declare the first settlers of this family to have been three brothers who were sons of an English Lord, while others credit him with Scottish parentage. During the lifetime of some of Joshua's children a considerable sum of money was left in England to these descendants, and an advertisement for information and location of the heirs finally appeared in several papers. Although they knew they were the rightful claimants, and were able to establish their identity by line of descent, yet England would accept no proof without their coat-of-arms, which they, harassed as they were with the cares and tribulations of those early days, had neglected to preserve. Information was afterward received that no other claimants appeared, and the money was turned over to the government, and used in the construction of a street.

The earliest habitation of the pioneer Andros family was a log cabin which in 1787, according to will of Joshua Andros, and probably earlier, had been replaced by a dwelling house. Up to-the present time (1908) the old homestead and lands have been in possession of, and occupied by, the direct descendants, having passed from father to son, and are thereby still retained in the family name.

In the early days Berwick and vicinity was the scene of many severe Indian encounters, and during Joshua's time this locality was not free from disturbances. For protection a garrison was stationed at Blackberry Hill, socalled, in Berwick, which frequently responded to signals for assistance from these early settlers. For a long time the lands around this homestead were infested with wolves, and members of the family were often terrified by their sudden appearance while passing along the road. They became so numerous that instances are recorded where travelers on the highway were attacked by them, and a bounty was offered by the government for their destruction. It is a matter of family tradition that Joshua traveled on foot from Berwick, Maine, to Amesbury, Massachusetts, to learn the art of catching them, and, purchased a trap which he brought home on his shoulders. This wolf trap of Joshua's is still in existence and carefully preserved. The records show the receipt by Joshua of a bounty for catching wolves, and in this connection the following, taken from his account (which is still in possession of one of is of sOMe interest:

Joshua had a brother John, who lived alone at Blackberry Hill, and this brother is undoubtedly the one referred to in the above account. That he also had a mother living at that time is evident from the following account with this same John Andros:

Nothing is known of this mother spoken of in this account, but there was one Rebekah (Weymouth) Andros living in 1751, who was at that time a widow, and related to this Joshua, but there is nothing to show what the relationship was. She was the daughter of William Weymouth, of Dover. Children of Joshua and Olive (Emery) Andros: 1. Oley, born December 2, 1744, baptized May 30, 1756; died young. 2. Moley, born July 4, 1747, baptized August 23, 1747, died September 23, 1819; married, September 8, 1768, to Benjamin Hurd. 3. Joshua, born August I, 1749, baptized September 8, 1749, died September 21, 1806; unmarried; served in the Revolutionary war. 4. William, born October 9, 1751, baptized July 24, 1754. 5. Charity, born March 4, 1754, baptized July 24, 1754; married - - - - - Heard. 6. Oley, born May 24, 1756, died December 24, 1789. 7. Elisha, born August 19, 1758, baptized January 10, 1760, died January 27, 1791. 8. Benjamin, born September 25, 1760, baptized November 15, 1761. 9. Sarry, born September 13, 1763, baptized June 30, 1765, died November 14, 1791; married - - - - - Dudley. 10. Simeon, born April 26, 1765; see forward. 11. Susey, born April 23, 1769, died November 5, 1833; unmarried.

(II) Simeon Andros, tenth child and youngest son of Joshua and Olive (Emery) Andros, was born April 26, 1765, and died July 27, 1839. He was married September 5, 1791, to Sarah Chick, of Berwick, who was born March 11, 1766, and died jee 9, 1834. They had the following children: Apphia, born November 18, 1791; mine 2-) lievi, born June 26, 1795; married, January 16,

1818, Lydia Hurd, daughter of Silas Hurd. 3. James, born November 24, 1798; see forward. 4. Daniel, born April 12, 1801; married, October 26, 1823, to Eliza Goodwin. 5. Olive, born January 17, 1804; unmarried. 6. Susan, born December 2, 1805; married Ivory Knight. 7. Mary, born October 21, 1807; married Stephen Harvey. 8. William, born August 20, 1811; married, December 18, 1842, to Abigail Lord. A child was born February 12, 1793, and died the following i 20th, unnamed.

(III) James Andrews, third child and second son of Simeon and Sarah (Chick) Andros, was the first to adopt the present form of the family name, Andrews. He was born in Berwick, Maine, November 24, 1798, and died August 8, 1869. He married Patience Chick, daughter of William and Eleanor (Stevens) Chick; she was born June 18, 1800, and

Berwick, died at Lynn, Massachusetts; married, at Wolfboro,: New Hampshire, Mary Hatch. 3. Albert, born in Berwick; married, at Somersworth, New Hampshire, Almeda Webber. 4. Martin Van Buren, born ' April 23, 1837; unmarried. 5. Charles, born August 21, 1839, died December 4, 1903; married, January 1, 1881, to Orilla F. Andrews, daughter of Edmund Griffith and Mary (Seavey) Andrews. (IV) Luther Munn Andrews, eldest child of James and Patience (Chick) Andrews, was born in Berwick, Maine, November 28, 1833. He received his education in the schools of his native town. He located in 1864 in Lowell, Massachusetts, where he died, March 4, 1897. He was affiliated with Pentucket Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Lowell, Massachusetts. He was married in Great Falls, (now called Somersworth) New Hampshire, November 27, 1856, to Lois Wilkins, born at Waterford, Maine, January 3 1837~ daughter of William Kimball and Lorena (Lovejoy) Wilkins. William Kimball Wilkins was born in Waterford, Maine, February 14, 1800, and. died in Somersworth, New Hampshire, February 28, 1850; he married, December 3, 1831, at Waterford, Lorena Lovejoy, born May 1, 1810, died at Somersworth, October 10, 1895. Children of Luther Munn and Lois (Wilkins) Andrews: 1. J. Munn; born May 7, 1865; see forward. 2. Frances Eleanor, born in Low-. ell, Massachusetts, June 24, 1869. 3. Edith Alberta, born in Lowell, October 3, 1877.

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(V) J. Munn Andrews, eldest child of Luther Munn and Lois (Wilkins) Andrews, was born in Great Falls (now called Somersworth) New Hampshire, May 7, 1865. When six months old he came with his parents to Lowell, Massachusetts, in which city he has since continuously resided. He was educated in the public schools of Lowell, graduating from the high school in 1882, and receiving one of the Carney Medals awarded at that time. He is secretary and thanager of the O'Sullivan Rubber Company of Lowell. He has been prominently identified with the Masonic fraternity of Lowell for a great many years; he is a past master of William North Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; and a member of Mount Horeb Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; Ahasuerus Council, Royal and Select Masters; Pilgrim Commandery, Knights Templar; the Scottish Rite bodies; and Massachusetts Consistory, S. P. R. S.; and at one time served as junior steward of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

Mr. Andrews was married, at the Emanuel Church, Boston, Massachusetts, February 10, 1891, to Isabel Almira Huse, born in Lowell, June 25, 1865, daughter of Nathan and Almira (Soper) Huse. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews have one child, Nathan Huse Andrews, born in Lowell, November 19, 1898.

Thomas Hardy, immigrant ancestor, born in England in 1606, was one of the twelve founders of Ipswich, Massachusetts, April 1, 1633, and was for many years a proprietor and active citizen there. He removed to Rowley about 1653, and to Bradford in 1663. In his historical sermon on the history of Bradford, Perry says that Thomas and his brother John came in the family of Governor John Winthrop, and that the governor gave them land at Ipswich. In 1636 his house in Ipswich was on a lot near tHe river, adjoining Robert Adams, and Thomas Howlet's land. He was a subscriber to the Denison fund in 1648. He gave land at Haverhill to his daughter Mary, wife of Samuel Currier, July 1, 1679. He died January 4, 1678, aged seventy-two. In his will made at Merrimac Village, near Haverhill (Bradford) March 4, 1672, with postcript added December 12, 1677, proved March 7, 1678, he bequeathed to his wife; to sons Thomas, John, Joseph, Jacob and William; son-in-law William Hutchins, and daughter Mary Currier and her children. Children: 1. Thomas, resided in Bradford; married Mercy Tenney. 2. Mary, married, 1670, Samuel Currier, of . Haverhill. 3. John, resided in Bradford. 4. Joseph, mentioned below. 5. Jacob. 6. Wil: liam, married Ruth 7. Daughter, married William Hutchins. :

(II) Captain Joseph Hardy, son of Thomas Hardy (1), born in Ipswich, 1641, died in Bradford, January 11, 1726-7. He was captain of the Bradford company, and was probably in active service in King Philip's war. He married Mary Jackson; had a son Joseph, and perhaps other children.

(V) Aaron Hardy, son of James Hardy (4), was born in Bradford, August 30, 1742, and died in Hollis, New Hampshire, December 26, 1775, aged thirty-three, according to record at Hollis. He settled at Hollis about the time of his marriage. He was a soldier in the Hollis company on the Lexington call, April 19, 1775, and marched to Cambridge under Captain Reuben Dow. His home in Hollis was on the east side, and he paid a tax of four pounds six shillings in 1774.- He married Abigail Dutton, of Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and she remained in Hollis after his death; she married second, Nehemiah Hardy. Children: 1. Aaron, Jr., born October 24, 1771; mentioned below. 2. Reuben, August 287 1773.1"3. Abigail, October 12,0775;

(5), born in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, October 24, 1771, died September, 1849. He had a common school education in Hollis, and the training of a farmer. In 1794, when he was twenty-three, he settled in Lempster, New Hampshire, and followed farming for his occupation. He also taught school during the winter terms at Lempster and Hollis. He began to study for the ministry in Hollis, but found himself handicapped by his surroundings, and finally gave up the idea. His farm at Lempster comprised some eighty acres in the eastern part of the town. He owned a grist mill and a saw mill, and operated both. In 1836 he sold his farm and removed to Hollis to occupy the farm that his father had-owned there, buying the rights of his mother's second husband, Nehemiah Hardy. Aaron Hardy was a rigid orthodox in religion, and deacon of the church many years. In politics he was a Whig. He was one of the early advocates of total abstinence. He belonged to the militia when a young man. He married February 12, 1795, Sally Shattuck, born May 4, 1774, died July, 1869, daughter of Zacharaiah and Elizabeth (Farley) Shattuck of Hollis, New Hampshire. Her father was a farmer. Children: 1. Aaron, Jr., died 1826. 2. James, born December 30, 1797, died April 22, 1884; married January 1, 1824, Lucy Hurd, of Lempster, New Hampshire: children: i. Asenath, born January 29, 1828; married June 20, 1848, Nathan M. Ames, of Hollis; resides at Vineland, New Jersey; children: William. Henry Ames, born March 21, 1851, married June 19, 1879, Florence M. Jolly, of Vineland, New Jersey, and have: Arthur Garfield Ames, born September 16, 1880; Leroy Hardy, Ames, Feb- _ruary 8, 1884; Pearl Ames, December 7, 1886. Lucy Ella Ames, born June 8, 1852, died unmarried, January 3, 1878. Sarah Elizabeth Ames, born January 14, 1854, married May 5, 1880, Leonard Spencer of Vineland, New Jersey; ii. Henry Martin Luther, born 1832, died 1834. 3. Reuben, married Harriet Hurd, of Lempster; children: 1. George Aaron; ii. Milan Reuben; iti. Harriet Louise; iv. Sarah Shattuck, married Kendall Tyler. 4. Sarah. 5. Mary. 6. Hiram, born February 12, 1810, died February 15, 1884; married April 22, 1841, Pamelia Kittridge, of Merrimac, New Hampshire; children, i. Sarah Matilda, born June 17, 1843, married December 25, 1876, William Bennett, of Milford, New Hampshire, and had Herbert Allen Bennett, born October 6, 1878, married September 13, 1904, Clara Becker of Wheeling, tled in 'Columbus, Ohio, and was engaged in the manufacture of winnowing machines for a time. He returned to Hollis, and in his later years was a miller most of the time. He died January 7, 1847, in the prime of life. He was jovial, good-natured and_ philosophical in active in the temperance movement and of high character. He was a Whig in politics; sergeant of his militia company. He married January 1, 1845, Hannah Farley, who died in April, 18 - . She was a descendant of George Farley, the first settler of Billerica, daughter of James and Jane (Wright) Farley. Samuel Wright, father of Jane, was a soldier in the Revolution, and fought in the battles of Bunker Hill and Bennington. James Farley was a millwright, carpenter and bridge builder. The only child of John and Hannah Hardy was John Henry, mentioned below.

(VIII) Judge John Henry Hardy, son of John Hardy (7), was born in Hollis, New Hampshire, February 2, 1847. He was educated there in the public schools, and in Appleton Academy at Mont Vernon and the academy at New Ipswich, New Hampshire, entering Dartmouth College, where he was graduated with the degree of A. B. in 1870. While a college student he taught school in Mason and Hollis, New Hampshire, and at Provincetown and Southborough, Massachusetts. After graduating from college he began to study law in the office of Judge .Edward F. Johnson, of Marlborough, Massachusetts and at Harvard Law-School. He then entered the office of Robert M. Morse, a prominent Boston lawyer, as a student. While there in 1871' and 1872, he also taught Greek and Latin in Chauncy Hall School, Boston. In 1872 he was admitted to the Suffolk county bar and began to practice law in partnership with George W. Morse, at 5 Court street, Boston, under the firm name of Morse & Hardy. In 1874 this firm was dissolved and he became a partner in the firm of Hardy, Elder & Proctor. His partners were Samuel J. Elder, Esq., and Thomas W. Proctor, Esq. In May, 1885, he was appointed associate justice of the municipal court of Boston, an office he filled with ability until he resigned to accept the appointment from Governor Wolcott as associate justice of the superior court of Massachusetts, in September, 18096, a position that he has since filled with credit.

September, 1862, in Company E, Fifteenth Regiment New Hampshire Volunteer Militia, for nine months, under Lieutenant Colonel Henry W. Blair (afterward United States senator), and Colonel Hosea W. Kingman. This regiment was in the Nineteenth Army Corps, General Neal Dow's brigade, and served at Carrolton, New Orleans, at Camp Parapet, and at the siege of Port Hudson. He received an honorable discharge August 8, 1863. Judge Hardy is a member of the Unitarian church at Arlington, Massachusetts, and at one time was trustee of the American Unitarian Association. He was superintendent of the Sunday school of this church for five years. In politics he is a Republican, and has frequently served as delegate to state and other nominating conventions of his party. He was representative to the general court from Arlington and Winchester in 1883 and 1884, and served on the committee on probate and chancery and also on banks and banking. He was for several, years counsel for the town of Arlington, and has been chairman of the Arlington school committee. He is a member of Hiram Lodge of Free Masons since October 17, 1872, and was its worshipful master from 1879 to 1880; was exalted in Menotomy Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, May 3, 1875; received the Templar degrees in the Boston Commandery, Knight Templar, at Boston. He is a member of the Suffolk Bar Association.

He married, August 30, 1871, Anna Jane Conant, born at Littleton, Massachusetts, November 16, 1849, daughter of Levi and Anna (Mead) Conant, of Littleton. Her father was a farmer. Children: born at Arlington: 1. Harry Ballard, born December 9, 1872, died August 11, 1873. 2. John Henry Jr., born June 10, 1874; mentioned below. 3. Horace Dexter, born February 28, 1877; married December 15, 1905, Harriet Louise Decker, of Madison, New Jersey; member of state legislature from the Arlington-Lexington district; a practicing attorney in Boston; children: Harriet Louise, born September 23, 1906; Anna Jones, born November 10, 1907.

He attended the public and high schools of his native town, but left before graduation, and at the age of eighteen entered the employ of the Nathan Robbins Company, dealers in poultry and game, 33 Faneuil Hall Market, as a clerk, and has remained with that concern in various capaci- ties to the present time. In igor the firm was incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts with the following officers: President, Michael W. Scannell; vice-president, Miss E. P. Robbins; secretary and treasurer Horace Bassett; director, John Henry Hardy. This concern is the oldest in their line of business in Faneuil Hall Market, having been established by the late Nathan Robbins in 1826. Mr. Robbins was a pioneer in the game and poultry trade. The company has two stalls in the market, and a large store at 20 Clinton street, where the wholesale business is transacted. Among their customers are many Maine and other summer hotels, the Boston hotels and the wealthy sections et Boston, such as the Back Bay. Mr. Hardy is one of the managers of the business, and he is especially interested in game. He is a student of ornithology, for many years has been coliecting specimens of bird life, and has one ot the finest and most complete private collections of American birds in this country, and is deemed an authority in this subject. He is a member of the Nuttall Club; of the Boston Society of Natural History; of the Audubon Society, and the American Ornithologist Union. He loves nature, and is devoted to the pleasures of the rod and gun. In religion Mr. Hardy is a Unitarian; in politics a Republican. He was formerly a member of the Arlington Golf Club. He belongs to the Fruit and Produce Exchange of Boston.

He married, September 15, 1898, Dorothy Myra Keeler, born at Hyde Park, Vermont, daughter of Fred Nelson and Ellen (Sawyer) Keeler, of Hyde Park. Her father was a hotel keeper and a prominent Free Masor. Children of John H. and Dorothy M. Hardy: 1. John, born December 3, 1899. 2. Sherman Keeler, May 10, 1902. 3. Ruth Whitney, born March 4, 1904.

gravestone, though he testified October 9, 1677, giving his age as sixty. One of the statements is in error, possibly both. He settled in Billerica, Massachusetts. His first allotment was twenty acres "lying partly on the township and partly on the commons; bounded by John Sheldon north; by the 'commons east; by Peter Bracket south; by Mr. Whiting and William Pattin west; and a parcel of land resérved for the ministry on ye west and partly on ye south, and partly by

East street on the south-west.' The last bound is a reminiscence of the ancient Andover road before it was changed in 1660 to its present location. It was then east of the narrow gauge railroad line, as it runs south from the street. When the road was altered Marshall was allowed a private way across Sheldon's land to reach it. He had later grants farther west by Low's Plain, and sold his first grant, above described, to Dr. Samuel Frost. The road running east across Low's Plain was known only as Marshall's Lane, and the old house in which the family long lived is still standing on the east road, near the turning of this lane.

He married, November 19, 1662, Hannah Atkinson, probably daughter of Thomas Atkinson, of Concord, Massachusetts. She was born March 5, 1644, and died September 7, 1665. He married (second), November 27, 1665, Mary Burrage, who died October 30, 1680, aged thirty-nine. He married (third), November 30, 1681, Damaris Waite, of Malden, widow. Sergeant John Marshall died November 5, 1702, aged seventy, and his widow married, July 14, 1703, Lieutenant Thomas Johnson, of Andover, Massachusetts.. Childrens) a2)[oni,) bots [limes zs 1667, died July 7 following. 2. Mary, born October 2, 1668, died July 17, 1669. 3. Joannah, born April 1, 1670, married -Peter Cornell, of Billerica. 4. John, born August 1, 1671, married, December 8, 1695-96, Eunice Rogers, daughter of John Rogers. 5. Mary, born October 14, 1672, died October 18, 1673. 6. Hannah, born February 18, 1673- 74, died June 21 following. 7. Thomas, born November 10, 1675, and baptized, perhaps. on account of the Narragansett war, at Charlestown, November 14, and died November 28, 1675, at Billerica. 8. Isaac, born January 31, 1677-78, died April 28 following. 9. Mehitable, born August 13, 1680, died in August following. ;

(III) John Marshall, son of John Marshall (2), was born in Billerica, January 19, 1698- 99. He was a sergeant of the Billerica militia company; settled in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, where he died October 6, 1762. He married, August 15, 1722, Abigail Parker, daughter of Benjamin Parker. Children: 1. John, born July 28, 1723, died August 14 following. 2. John, born August 14, 1724. 3. Daniel, born August 29, 1726, mentioned below. 4. Abigail, born May 24, 1730, died October 22 following. 5. David, born March Il, 1732-33, died April 11 following.

(IV) Daniel Marshall, son of John Marshall (3), was born in Billerica, Massachusetts, August 29, 1726. With others of the family he settled at Nottingham West (now Hudson), New Hampshire. Of this family the census of 1790 shows as heads of families and having children under sixteen years of age: Daniel, Samuel, Elijah, Nathaniel, Philip, John, Lot, Benjamin and Henry. Daniel signed a petition relating to the protection of fish in 1778. In 1779 his name was third on the petition of most of the then residents of Nottingham West to substitute a ditch at Moses Hadley's mill for the flue ordered by the general court. His sons Elijah and Benjamin were also signers, and also Thomas Winn, Abiathar Winn, Joseph Winn and Joseph Winn, Jr. Children of his aunt, Mrs. Nathan Cross, also resided in this town.

(V) Elijah Marshall, son of Daniel Mar- _ shall (4), was born in Nottingham West about 1750. Among his children was Flijah W., mentioned below.

(VII) Wyzeman Marshall, son of Elijah W. Marshall (6), was born in Hudson, New Hampshire, September 26, 1816, died December 25, 1896. He received some slight early schooling, but the education he possessed (and he was a man of extensive reading and much culture) was attained by his own unaided efforts. In his early youth he embarked in various pursuits, among which was farming, but he was ambitious for a public career and cultivated natural ability in elocution and acting until he became proficient. In February, 1836, he made his first appearance in public on the boards-of the Lion Theatre, in Boston, then under the management of William Barrymore, in the small part of Vibulanus, in James Sheridan Knowles' tragedy "Virginius." After his first appearance he became permanently attached to the company, and during the remainder of the season continued to fill small parts in the nightly bills, meantime studying hard, and fitting himself for the upmost round of the ladder. During the summer of this year he became a member of a dramatic company which performed in Providence and Newport, and appeared in such parts as Pizarro Angerstoff in "The Floating Beacon," and Duke of Buckingham in "Richard III." For the fall season of 1836 he was engaged at the Old National Theatre under the management of William Pelby, and played a variety of business - anything and everything for which he was cast. He remained at the Old National for a number of seasons, steadily advancing in his profession, and each season approaching nearer to the goal of his ambitions. During the summer of 1839 Mr. Marshall first tried his hand at management. He organized a small company and gave performances in a number of country towns, doing a good business, and returned to the Old National for the fall and winter campaign. On July to, 1840, he opened Boylston Hall, in the Boylston Market building, a once popular concert hall, and for two months conducted a profitable business. For the regular season of 1840-41, he was again engaged at the Old National; during the summer he again became the manager of a small traveling troupe, meeting with success; and on his return to the Old National for the season of 1841-42 found himself promoted to a singular combination of two lines of business - the leading "'heavies" and "ballet master." At the close of the season he brought his connection with the Old National to a termination. On the 27th of June, 1842, Mr. Marshall took possession of the Amphitheatre, formerly used for circus and kindred performances, situated on the corner of Haverhill and Traverse streets, and opened it as the Eagle Thea- Ire; his theatre at Providence which he had leased, he carried on until the spring of 1843. At the close of the season of 1843 Mr. Marshall went to New York and played a short engagement at. the Chatham Theatre, after which he returned to Boston, but did not act again until the fall of 1844. At the close of a brief season, Mr. Marshall went "down east" on a starring tour, and in May, 1845, accepted an engagement at the Chatham Theatre, and remained until June 17, 1847, when he transferred his.services to the Bowery Theatre. During the vacation he played star engagements at Utica, Syracuse and Albany, and returned to the Bowery for the opening of the regular season. In 1848 Mr. Marshall was again in Boston, reappearing at the Federal Street Theatre with great success. At the close of this engagement he starred in the British provinces, and then went to the Arch Street Theatre, Philadelphia. At the close of the Philadelphia season he played engagements at Baltimore and Providence, returning to Philadelphia, where he remained until the close of the season of 1850. He followed this up by engagements in Baltimore, Washington, Albany, New York, and then took a theatre in Portland, Maine, for a short season. From Portland he went south, and returning to Boston became the manager of the Howard Atheneum for the season of 1851-52. At the close of this season, which was pecuniarily successful, he starred throughout the country and played in various theatres in Boston up to 1857. On February 9, 1857, Mr. Marshall opened the new theatre in Worcester. On August 24, 1863, he opened the Boston Theatre for the fall season. The season, which was quite a profitable one, was brought to a close on June 13, 1864, and this terminated his connection with the theatre, and his career, long and honorable, as a theatrical manager.

After retiring from active life as an actor, Mr. Marshall was engaged in giving lessons in elocution and fitting pupils for the stage, and for several years he gave dramatic readings and recitations before the lyceums of New England. At the centennial celebration of the battle of Lexington, on the site of the historic fight, he was one of the guests of honor upon the platform. In politics he was an old line Whig until that party ceased to exist, when he became a Democrat. On two occasions he received the honor of nomination for alderman, but failed of an election, at one time lacking but four votes in order to secure his seat at the board. In the early part of 1853 he became connected with the Masonic fraternity, taking membership in St. John's Lodge, St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, and Boston Commandery, Knights Templar. In the fraternity he has held many offices of trust and responsibility. He has been master of his lodge, high priest of St. Paul's Royal Arch Chapter, eminent commander of Boston Commandery, grand warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, deputy high priest of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts, grand generalissimo of the Grand Encampment of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and temporarily filled other important positions. He attained the thirtythird degree in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish. Rite. He attended the Unitarian church. He resided in Somerville, Massachusetts, and at Boston, and his last years were spent in caring for his estate.

Mr. Marshall married, May 16, 1838, at Boston, Elmina Lawrence, born in Boston, August 23, 1816, died November 16, 1900, at the advanced age of eighty-four years, her death being caused by a fall and breaking. of her hip. Children: Elmina F., Helen M., Daisy, all three died in 1844, and Charles Wyzeman, mentioned below.

(VIII) Charles Wyzeman Marshall, son of Wyzeman Marshall (7), was born in Boston, Massachusetts, September 26, 1844. He was educated in the old Phillips school in his native city, and at the Humphrey private school at Franklin Square, Boston, and at the Boston Latin school. He began his business career as clerk in the store of J. M. Greenwood & Company, dealers at wholesale in small wares. In 1861 he became associated with his father, who was then manager of the Old Howard Atheneum and the Boston Theatre, beginning as usher, ticket-seller and in general theatre work. In 1867 he entered the employ of the Metropolitan' Railroad Company. He left this position to work for the Middlesex railroad, with which he remained for a period of thirteen years. From 1891 to 1896 he was a clerk for the Fitchburg Railroad Company. In 1898 he engaged in business on his own account as a real estate broker, with offices in the Globe Building, Boston. At first he had a partner associated with him, but he bought out his interests and continued alone until 1901, when he retired from business to devote all his time to his farm in Shirley, Middlesex county, Massachusetts. He owns some eighty acres of land there, and has a beautiful residence and artistically kept grounds. He has made his home in Shirley for many years, though his business has been in Boston, and while his aged parents were living there he had to divide his time between his home and theirs in Boston. He has from time to time bought small farms and added them to his original estate, built new houses and barns, until he has the finest and most attractivecountry estate in the town. He also owns property in the village of Shirley and Boston, and his time is fully occupied in managing his farm and property. He is a Republican in politics, but has held no office. He is treasurer of the Shirley Co-operative Bank. He is greatly interested in the town of Shirley, and is a man of conspicuous public -spirit and wide influence. He is a member of Middlesex Lodge, No. 17, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Malden, and of Shirley Grange,

Mr. Marshall married, May 15, 1871, at Charlestown, Massachusetts, Fannie D. Williams, of Boston, born at North Bridgewater, Massachusetts, now Brockton. They have no children.

an ancient English history dating back to the. Domesday Book and the Norman Conquest of 1066. In that year William the Norman granted John De Huse a manor in Berkshire, England. In 1457 a branch of the family settled in Norfolk county, England, from which time Besthorpe was the seat of the family for seven generations. Thorpe is old English for town or hamlet, and Bes meant best, indicating that the early owners appreciated the fertility of the soil. ©

(III) Thomas, son of Robert Howys, with brother Richard, had a coat-of-arms granted in 1519, in the reign of Henry VIII: He died in 1555. He had sons James and Robert.

(V) James Howes, son of Robert Howes (4), married Tabitha Roope, of Morningthorpe or Thorpe Hall manor, which has since been the seat of the Howes family. This place was settled in 1186 by Henry, son of Joselyn, who had it of the Vauxes by the Abbott of Bury; in 1198 it was settled on widow, who took the surname Thorpe; was sold to Gurness of Boyland Hall about 1412, in whose possession it remained until it came into the Roope family.

(VI) Thomas Howes, third son of Robert (5), was the father of the American immigrant, according to the authority of the family history and Rev. Reuben Wing Howes, D. D., of New York, who visited the English branch of this family to secure proof of the lineage presented.

(VII) Thomas Howes, son of Thomas Howes (6), was born in England in 1590, and came to America with his wife Mary Burr, from the county of Norfolk. In 1637 they lived in Salem, Massachusetts. About 1639 they settled in that part of Yarmouth now Dennis, Massachusetts, and called Nobscussett. "Tt is well established that he was a man physically strong and robust, of good moral character, possessed a fair education, and was largely endowed with good common sense. That his character and standing was excellent in the community where he lived is proved by the prominent part he took in the formation of the township where he located, and the many official duties he was elected to perform in the work of perfecting and developing its interests." He took the oath of allegiance in January, 1639, and was one of the first committee to divide the planting lands; constable in 1644; on the council of war in 1658; was often deputy to the general court, 1652-3-8-9 and after; on important committees. He died in 1665. On the eastern declivity of a hill to the northeast of the family seat of Thomas Howes is the burial place of himself and many of his descendants. In the enclosure is a granite shaft reared by the reverence of the posterity, bearing the following inscription: "Thomas Howes married Mary Burr; emigrated in 1637 from England and brought three sons, viz: Thomas, Joseph and Jeremiah, who was born on the passage. This monument erected in 1836. Descendants living in Dennis 345; in Chatham, 133; in other places 396." His will is dated September 26, 1665, naming his three sons and wife Mary, and in March fol- lowing she was administratrix of the estate. Children: 1. Joseph, born in England; mentioned below. 2. Thomas, born in England; married, 1656, Sarah Bangs; died November 20, 1676. 3. Jeremiah, born on passage to

Howes (7), was born in England, and came to America with his parents. He settled at Yarmouth; died there January 19, 1694-5; married Elizabeth Mayo, daughter of the famous Rev. John Mayo; she died there March 16, 1700. The will of Joseph Howes is dated January, 17, 1700. Children, born in Yarmouth: 1. Samuel, died January 10, 1722-2. 2. Joseph, married November 28, 1689, Mary Vincent. 3. John, married November 28, 1689, Elizabeth Paddock; second, July 8, 1691, Mary Matthews. 4. Nathaniel, married February 22, 1704-5. 5. Thomas, married Rebecca Howes. 6. Amos, married May 22, 1701, Susanna Hedge. 7. Mary, married February 16, 1681, John Hallett. 8. Elizabeth. 9. Hannah, married December 15, 1698, William Mathews.

(IX) Thomas Howes, son of Joseph Howes (8), was born about 1675, and married Rebecca Howes. They removed to Chatham, Massachusetts, and are the progenitors of the Howes family of that town. Children, born ini Chatham:;. 1... , Daniel. ») 24. Jioseahsd: 3. Thomas, born about 1700; mentioned below.

(X) Thomas Howes, son of Thomas Howes (9), was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, about 1700; married Rebecca Sears, born, at Chatham, March 19, 1710-11; died of small pox, December 9, 1765, aged fifty-five. He married second, August 22, 1767, Hope Doane, daughter of Paul Sears. Children of the first wife: 1. David, born May 9, 1736, married Rebecca Baker. 2. Thomas, born October 31, 1738. 3. Richard, born April 19, 1742; married Tabitha Collins; mentioned below.

Rebecca Sears, the mother of the foregoing children, was born in Chatham, daughter of Captain Daniel Sears, who was born in Yarmouth, 1682, and died in Chatham; married February 12, 1708-9, Sarah Howes, daughter of Samuel Howes of Yarmouth, where she was born in 1685: died at Chatham, November 9, 1748. Paul Sears, father of Captain Daniel, was born at Yarmouth, died August 10, 1756; was son of the pioneer, Richard Sears.

in Chatham: 1. Enoch, mentioned below. 2. Richard, married Mercy Rider. 3. Elijah, married Miriam Crowell. 4. John, married Rebecca Hopkins. 5. Tabitha, married Joshua Nickerson.

(XII) Enoch Howes, son of Richard Howes (11), was born at Chatham, Massachusetts, about 1767; married Elizabeth Smith. Children, born in Chatham: 1. Enoch, born October 15, 1790, married Azubah Harding. 2. Collins, born February 27, 1793; mentioned below. 3. Reuben, born January 16, 1795; married Betsey Crowell. 4. Betsey, born July 7, 1797; married Thomas Smith. 5. Azubah, born February 23, 1800; married George Smith. 6. Eliza, born November 28, 1802, married Stillman Clark. 7. Elijah, married Melvina Burns. 8. Charles, drowned when about thirteen years old.

(XIIT) Collins Howes, son of Enoch Howes (12), was born.February 27, 1793, at Chatham, Massachusetts. He married Rhoda Bangs, and they had at Chatham children: 1. Tabitha, born October 14, 1815, married Nathaniel Kendrick. 2. Rhoda, born January 16, 1817. 3. Collins, born February 16, 1819; married Phebe G. Bearse, and second, Hannah G. Hammond. 4. Dorinda, married Sylvester K. Small. 5. Celestia B., born May 2, 1821; married Simeon Taylor. 6. Andrew, born August 25, 1826; mentioned below. 7. Horatio, born 1829; married, 1851, Mercy A. Howes. 8. Webster. 9. Edwin.

(XIV) Andrew Howes, son of Collins Howes (13), was born in Chatham, Massachusetts, August 25, 1826. He was educated in the common schools of his native town, and at an academy where for a time he was under the instruction of Hon. Charles R. Train, later attorney general of Massachusetts. At the age of seventeen he left home, and sailing from Boston he went to Charleston, South Carolina, thence to London, England, and home. Not liking the sea well enough to follow it as an occupation, he entered upon an apprenticeship to learn the trade of ship-joiner at the age of: eighteen 'and served three years at the trade in East. Boston. He made his home in Essex, Massachusetts, the principal business of which at that time was ship-build- on account of the financial panic, he sold his Essex home, tools and business, and purchased the express route which was then established between North Reading, Reading and Boston, and settled in the town of Reading. Within a year he sold the express business and became a clerk in the ship chandlery and _ grocery store of Snow & Ryder, Boston. In 1864 the firm became E. H. Ryder & Company, and he was admftted to partnership. The business was continued until the fall of 1867, when the firm dissolved. In the following spring he entered the employ of H. & G. W. Lord, Commercial street, Boston. With them he remained until his death, in September, 1906. On coming to Reading he joined the Universalist Society, and with his wife and four children became deeply interested in the Sunday school and benevolent work of the church.

He was superintendent of the Sunday school for several years. In all public and literary entertainments of the society he always took a leading part, and was especially active in the movement resulting in the erection of the present church edifice, Main street. During the civil war he joined the Spear Guards, who drilled under Lieutenant William Proctor, but were never called into active service. He was a Republican in politics, except for temporary disagreements with Republican policies or disapproval of certain candidates. But his popularity is shown by the fact of all parties uniting in nominating and electing him to the legislature while he was absent on a trip in the provinces. He served during the session of 1875. In public schools and literary gatherings he took much interest, meeting every fortnight with the Social Readers, an organization for mutual benefit. The demands of business compelled him to remove to Boston. He entered into the Chautauqua movement for the education of those kept at home of all ages, and was head of a class graduating in 1891, and'a member of Hurlburt Circle, C. L. S. C., of East Boston.

He married, July 29, 1849, Mary S. Vose, born in Boston, April 23, 1830, daughter of Thomas S. and Mary Vose. Her mother married second, Samuel Holbrook, and lived many years in Reading. Mary S. Vose attended the famous Hancock School until she was fourteen years old. Four of her children were born in Essex and two in Reading, whither they removed in September, 1857, and resided for the next twenty years. She lived in Boston until September, 1892, when she removed to 51 Laurel street, Somerville, Massachusetts. From her childhood and in Essex and Reading she was constant in her attendance in Sunday school, first a teacher of a class of forty in the primary department of Father Streeter's church in Boston, later of a class of advanced pupils, a faithful member of the church choir until her removal to Boston, and always foremost in all the Sun- day school entertainments, the festivities and fairs, a member of the Liberal Ladies' Benevolent Association of Reading, fully alive to the importance of a good education for all, always encouraging the public school teachers by frequent visits and with invitations to her home. While in Reading she was a member of the Social Readers; later she took the Chautauqua course of four years, graduating with honor. In the civil war she was an able and earnest worker in aid of the Sanitary Commission, and all through her life she has been noted for activity in behalf of the reforms of the day. She has been for several years a consistent advocate of woman's suffrage, a persistént and earnest laborer in the ranks of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, her particular field of labor being work among foreigners, holding the office of state superintendent. She was chosen one of the delegates to represent Massachusetts at the World's Women's Christian Temperance Union, held in London, England, in June, 1895. On the evening of Sunday, June 16th, she was one of the two hundred delegates who addressed as many different audiences in the churches to which they were invited, on the Women's Christian Temperance Union work, at the Presbyterian Church at Wood Green, a suburb of London, where she was heard with great interest by a large audience, and her sentiments heartily endorsed for a more earnest and systematic movement to abolish the saloons. She returned from her foreign trip much inspired and encouraged by the meetings she attended and acquaintances she made, together with the constant companionship of others through her journeys in Switzerland and France; and renewed her work at home with zeal. Children: 1. Mary Holbrook, born June 7, 1850; married Henry Robinson, member of the Municipal Light Board of Reading and a prominent citizen. 2. Andrew Newell, born in Essex, September 12, 1851; mentioned below. 3. Lyman Francis, born April 23, 1853. 4. Addie Blanchard, born June 12, 1856, died 1881; married Cyrus E. Pierce; she was a singer of note. 5. Carrie Weeks, born May 9, 1861. 6. George Edwin, mentioned below.

(XV) Andrew Newell Howes, son of Andrew Howes (14), was born in Essex, Massachusetts, September 12, 1851. He removed with his parents to Reading, Massachusetts, in 1857, and was educated there in the public schools. From the latter part of 1869 to 1874 he was superintendent and bookkeeper for a piano forte key manufacturing company in Boston and later in Cambridge, and relinquished this employment to fit himself for a more independent career. After taking a course in a commercial college, in July, 1875, he located in Boston, and became bookkeeper for William Quirin & Co., leather manufacturers and dealers, and was so engaged until 1882. He was for five years afterward engaged in the rubber business, and was subsequently for three years with George Emerson, in the leather business. In 1890 William Quirin & Co. incorporated as the Corey Leather Company, and Mr. Howes became a stockholder, and was elected to the directorate, and also to the positions of secretary and treasurer, all of which he holds to the present time. His ample practical knowledge, broad business abilities and executive qualifications stamp him as abundantly equipped for his manifold duties, and his success has come solely from his own industrious and intelligent effort. He is deeply interested in all affecting the interests of the community, and in town meetings and other public councils he exerts a salutary influence. He was a member of the board of municipal light commissioners of Reading for eight years, and has been treasurer of the Reading Co-operative Bank for five years, and auditor of the same for fifteen years. Making his home in Reading, he is an active member of the Unitarian Church, which he served as a trustee for several years, and as a member of the choir for more than a score of years. He is affiliated with Zetland Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Reading Royal Arch Chapter, and Security Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Howes married, June 10, 1879, Lillian Frances Gray, of Reading, born September 24, 1858, daughter of Ira C. and Nellie (Atwood) Gray. Of this marriage have been born two children: Clarence Gray, April 6, 1880; and Marion Addie, November 9, 1882, the last named residing at home. The son, Clarence Gray Howes, was educated at Dartmouth College, and took a _ post-graduate course at Harvard College. He is a skilled musician and fine vocalist, and a member of the choir of the Congregational church at Lynn. He married, July 19, 1905, Emily Freeman, and they have one child, Elizabeth Boit, born July 20, 1906.

(XV) George Edwin Howes, son of Andrew (14), was born in Reading, August 27, 1865. His early education was received in his native town. At the age of thirteen, after spending one year in the Reading high school, he entered the sixth class of the Boston Latin School, from which he was graduated four years later in 1882, and entered Harvard. He made a specialty of the classics, and at commencement was the Latin salutatorian. He graduated in 1886, and took honors in classics. In the year 1886-7 he was a teacher of classics in a private school in Stamford, Connecticut. The following year he was appointed junior master in the Boston years. While teaching in Boston he took an advanced course in Harvard, receiving the degree of A. M. in 1890. During this period he assisted a professor in preparing an "Easy Latin Method." Jn 1891'he resigned his position in the Latin School to accept a position as instructor of Latin in Haverford College Grammar School, Haverford College, Pennsylvania. After staying there two years he resigned to carry out a project for fitting himself for a college teacher. In June, 1895, he received the degree of Ph. D. in classical philology, and at once accepted an appointment as professor of Greek in the University of Vermont, where he remained for ten years, and in 1905 accepted a chair in Williams College. He married, in December, 1887, Sarah K. Dillaway, daughter of James H. and Hannah Dillaway, of Cambridge. Children: Ralph and Margorie.

ROBINSON migrant ancestor of this branch of the Robinson family, was born about 1640. The first record obtainable, shows that he was living in Watertown, Massachusetts, as early as 1670. He then had a farm of two hundred acres on the narrow neck of land claimed by both Concord and Watertown, but really in Watertown. He was a signer of the original petition for the separation of Newtowne and Cambridge in 1678. He married in Cambridge, as early as 1667, Elizabeth Cutter, born in Cambridge, July 15, 1645, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Williams) Cutter. Elizabeth Williams is said to have come with her father, Robert Williams in the ship "John and Dorothy" to Massachusetts, April 8, 1637. Robert Williams was born in 1608, in Norwich, Norfolk county, England, and was a cordwainer. His wife Elizabeth was born in 1626, in England, and was admitted to the church at Roxbury in 1644. She died at Cambridge, March 5, 1662. Children: 1. Elizabeth, born at Cambridge, 1669, married December 20, 1693,

Daniel McGregor, of Watertown. 2. Hannah ~ (Ann), born at Concord, July 13, 1671; died at Cambridge, October 5, 1672. 3. William, born July 10, 1673; married Elizabeth Upham; died at Newton, 1754. 4. Mercy, born August 7, 1676. 5. David, born May 23, 1678; died at the age of ninety-five, and was "Jame and helpless" in his old age. 6. Samuel (twin), born April 20, 1680; resided at Grafton and Hardwick, Vermont, and was a prominent man. 7. Jonathan (twin), born April 20, 1680; mentioned below.

(II) Jonathan Robinson, son of William Robinson (1), was born April 20, 1680. He was a weaver by trade. He removed to Cambridge farms in 1706, when he bought land of Isaac Powers, of Cambridge. The farm was in what is now Lexington, and was bounded on the north by the Concord road, on the south by land of John Dickson, and on the east by land of Joanna Winship. His residence was near the place lately occupied by Jonas Gammell, at the end of Oak street, Lexington. He was tythingman in 1735, and was on the committee to seat the meeting house in 1744. He died in 1753. He married Ruth Morse, who died April 25, 1759, daughter of Jonathan and Abigail (Shattuck) Morse. Children: 1. . Jonathan, born February 25, 1706-7; mentioned below. 2. Ruth, born June 29, 1708-9 ; died October 23, 1722. 3. Abigail, born February 4, 1710-11; married Nathaniel Bacon, of Lexington. 4. James, born August 30, 1715; married, 1751, Anna Frost. 5. Lydia, born August 29, 1718; married Caleb Simonds. 6. Hannah, born January 8, 1721; died October 24, 1721. .

(III) Jonathan Robinson, son of Jonathan Robinson (2), was born February 25, 1706-7, and died in 1748. He was admitted to the church July 18, 1742. He married Elizabeth

(IV) Jacob Robinson, son of Jonathan Robinson (3), was born February 3, 1738-9, and died June 18, 177 - . He was admitted to the church at Lexington, March 21, 1775. He answered the Lexington Alarm, and was in Captain Munroe's company in the revolution, May 16, 1775. He married, February 23, 1764, Elizabeth Draper, born at Newton, March 26, 1744, and died at Lexington, September 24, 1830, daughter of Thomas and Relief Draper. Children: 1. Jacob, born October 28, 1762; baptized March 31, 1765; married

Anna, born June 28, 1774; married Gardner, of Cambridge. 7. Nathan, born December 1, 1775; died September 22, 1776. 8. Nathan, mentioned below.

(V) Nathan Robinson, son of Jacob Robinson (4), was born December 31, 1782, at Lexington. He was a mason by trade, and when a young man removed to Charlestown, where he married February 1, 1803, Eliza Larkin, born February 16, 1783, at Charlestown, Massachusetts. Soon after his marriage he removed to Malden, and purchased from Captain Dexter a part of his farm including a house which had been set apart for the use of his two slaves, Plato and Maria. He was liberal in his religious views, and joined the Universalist church. Children: 1. Nathan, born September 5, 1803, married first ; second Hanscom, sister of Simon Parker Hanscom, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 2. Edward, born June 5, 1805, married Sally Greene, of Charlestown, and had Mary A., born March 30, 1844. 3. Samuel Larkin, born December 14, 1807; married September 10, 1828, Abigail A. Wheeler, of Medford. 4. Eliza, born March 30, 1809, married May 7, 1838, Joseph Poole. 5. Ann, born September 15, 1811; married October 25, 1829, Benjamin Johnson, and had Frank, Caroline and Minnie Johnson. 6. William, born September 26, 1812; married July 7, 1836, Elizabeth B. Tufts, daughter of Nathan and Mary Tufts of Medford: he died of palsy November 4, 1842, and she married second, Caleb Newton, son of Amos Newton. 7. Henry, born June 5, 1814; married December 1, 1836, Eliza Hazeltine, of Levant, Maine. 8. Hepzibah, born January 10, 1817; married December 1, 1836, Newman Barnard, of South Reading. 9. Sarah, born February 10, 1820; died 1842, aged twenty-two. Io. Joseph Carter, born August 31, 1823; mentioned below.

(VI) Joseph Carter Robinson, son of Nathan Robinson (5), was born August 31, 1823. He was named in honor of a close personal friend of his father, Joseph Carter of Charles-

Nathan Tufts during the construction of the Middlesex canal, selling water to the residents of Charlestown, at what is now Sullivan Square, Charlestown. Mr. Tufts was a wellknown itinerant dealer in spring water in summer and in kindling wood from the Medford shipyards at other seasons. At the age of fifteen young Robinson began to drive a stage for "Old Butler." Before then the only conveyance was the Andover stage, which made a weekly trip between Boston and Andover through Malden. Butler started a line of stages making trips,to Boston on Wednesday and Saturday each week, going in the morning and returning in the evening, giving a very satisfactory rapid transit for a generation ago. But the Andover line met the competition by introducing a daily service called "The Tom Brown Line." Butler then put on a stage coach daily from. South Reading to Boston, and for many years Mr. Robinson drove this coach. Butler kept a tavern about opposite the present location of the Universalist church in Malden Square, and when the temperance movement gained headway, Sylvanus Cobb, a practical reformer, raised a fund by subscription to buy an elegant new omnibus for Butler's coach line provided he cease to dispense liquors in his tavern. Thus rum selling ceased in Malden for a time and no-license prevailed. In 1840 Mr. Robinson was employed in the trade of carriage painting. He learned the trade of shoe-making afterward, and at length began in a small way to manufacture boots and shoes, but after two years gave it up and entered the employ of George P. Cox, manufacturer of shoe lasts. But in July, 1857, he returned .to the transportation business, which the railroads had taken from the stage lines, and beginning at the foot of the ladder as night watchman for the Boston & Maine railroad, in July, was promoted in the January following to clerk of the yard, and later became foreman of the freight yard house at Boston. He was again promoted to the important position of yard-master in Boston, and in 1896 was appointed to his present office of freight train-master at the North Station of the Boston and Maine railroad, Boston. During his long and active career as a railroad man he has never missed a day's work. At the time he was with the wrecking crew he often had to work nights and Sundays after accidents on the railroad. He is still in the best of health, and a very efficient man according to the opinion of railroad men. He pecially "among the men in his department. He has had charge of a force of from four to five hundred men for the past twenty years and his relations with his subordinates have always been harmonious. His knowledge of the practical side of the railroad business is extensive, perhaps unsurpassed. Mr. Robinson's home is in Malden. He is a member of Mount Vernon Lodge of Free Masons, Malden; of the Royal Arch Chapter; of Melrose Council, Royal and Select Masters; of Beauseant Commandery, K. T., and of the Massachusetts Consistory, A. A. 'S. R., Boston. ae also belongs to Middlesex Lodge, Nos 17,5 O. O. F., of which he is a charter member.. This lodge was instituted in 1847. He attends Centre Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a Republican in politics.

He married first, April 5, 1849, Roxalina Prentice, of Melrose, daughter of Joseph Prentice; she was born March 13, 1826, and died June 11, 1855. He married second, October 19, 1856, Mary Bradbury, born February 12, 1819, in Warner, New Hampshire, daughter of Samuel and Phebe (Gould) Bradbury. Her father was a farmer and shoemaker. . Her grandfather William Bradbury lived in Canaan, New Hampshire, and was also a farmer. Child of dpsroh Carter and _ Roxalina (Prentice) Robinson: 1. Ella Josephine, born May 28, 1853, aes Joseph Cromack; reside in Malden; children: Alice Prentice Cromack, and May Cromack. Children of Joseph Carter Robinson and Mary (Bradbury) Robinson: 2. May Elizabeth, born August 15, 1857; married J. Y. McClintock, an engineer, residing in Rochester, New York y children: i. James R. McClintock; ii. Ruth McClintock ; iii. Elsie McClintock. 3. Addie Maria, born May 8, 1859, living in Melrose, Massachusetts ; married A. E. Steere; no children. 4. Rosella Kelsie, born August 8, 1864, educated in Malden; resides at home with her parents, Malden.

This surname is ~ derived from the name of the occupation or office. The word has doubled in meaning in a singular fashion. Cotgrave, an ancient authority, says: "A marshal of a kingdome or of a campe (an honorable place); also farrier, horse-shoer, black- horses," but by degrees the word grew in dignity until it signified "magister equorum," or master of cavalry. Hence, under the ancient regime, we had the Grand Marshals of France, governors of provinces, as well as Earl-marshal of England and Lord Marischal of Scotland. The Earl of Pembroke is of the Marshall family of England. His arms: Per pale or and vert over all a lion rampant gules. Few names in England are more generally scattered through the kingdom or more nu- -merous. There are no less than sixty-seven coats-of-arms of the Marshall family in Burke's General Armory. These more distinguished branches of the family are located in the counties of Berks, Derby, Devon, Durham, Huntington, Essex, Hants, Lincoln, Middlesex, Nottingham, York, Northumberland, and Surrey; also in Ireland. The coat-of-arms in general use (that ilk) is: Argent a bishop's pall sable between three dock leaves vert.

Among the early settlers in Massachusetts of this name were two who lived in Ipswich. William Marshall Sr., born in England, 15098, residing in Salem in 1638, according to Felt, and having land granted him there, was doubtless brother of Edmund mentioned below. He came over in the ship "Abigail," in 1635, from London, giving his age as forty. These records of age on passenger lists were almost invariably too small. Marshall. may have been five years older, judging from other cases where the facts are known. William Marshall, Sr., and John Marshall, according to Hammett, owned shares in Plum Island in 1664. Nothing further is known of William Marshall. It is possible that some of 'the last three children ascribed to Edmund (the birth records being missing) belong to William's family, but it is more likely that he died without children or property, and still more likely that he returned to England or left New England.

(1) Edmund Marshall, immigrant ancestor, was born in England in 1598, according to his own deposition in 1668, and his wife, Millicent, was at that time aged sixty-seven. His wife was a member of the Salem church in 1637. He was a weaver by trade, was living at Salem as early as 1636, was admitted a freeman May 17, 1637, removed to Ipswich, Massachusetts, after 1646. The date of his death is unknown. Children, born in Salem: 1. Naomi, baptized January 24, 1637. 2. Ann, born April 15, 1638. 3. Ruth, born May 3, 1640. 4. Sarah, born May 29, 1642. 5. Edmund, born June 16, 1644; resided in Ipswich and Newbury. 6. Benjamin, born Sep- tember 27, '1646; resided in Ipswich; married, 1677, Prudence Woodward; children: Edmund, Ezekiel, John, and four daughters. 7. Thomas. 8. Peter. g. Joseph; mentioned below. The dates of places of birth of the last three are unknown.

(11) Joseph Marshall, son of Edmund Marshall (1), was born about 1650-60. Children, born in Ipswich: 1. Joseph Jr., born May 18, 1690. 2. Thomas, born March 28, 1692; mentioned below. 3. Abiezar, born September 28, 1695. Probably one daughter or more.

(III) Deacon Thomas Marshall, son of Joseph Marshall (2), born in Ipswich, Massachusetts, March 28, 1691-2, died in Holliston, Massachusetts, April 3, 1766, the record of death giving his age as seventy-five. He settled first in Newton, Massachusetts, but in 1722 removed to Holliston, formerly part of Sherborn. His wife Esther died in Newton, December 16, 1761. He married second, in Newton, Abigail Cutler, widow of Jonathan Cutler, of Newton, 1762. He was one of the most prominent citizens of Holliston, being selectman there eighteen years and deacon of the church thirty-eight years. Children: 1. Thomas Jr., mentioned below. 2. Joseph, married Mary Leland; settled in Milford, Massachusetts. 3. Ebenezer, born September 18; 1721;"settled at 'Park's Corner, Framingham; married, 1748, Mehitable Haven. 4. John, born November 21, 1723; married Mary Fransworth; settled in Framingham. 5. Dinah, born December 26, 1725. 6. Ezra, born September 1, 1729; died May 7, i732:)) 7) Nahum, "born "October 3.1722 (graduate Harvard College 1755); died at Somersworth, New Hampshire; married Martha Lord. 8. James, born 1734; married first, Lydia Harrington; second, May 16, 1786, Sybil Holbrook.

(IV) )Thomas Marshall, son of Thomas Marshall (3), born in Newton, about 1718; married first, April 19, 1744, Beriah Grant; second, September 12, 1754, Abigail Cobb; third Mary , who survived him. He lived at Holliston and was a farmer; removed to Temple, New Hampshire, where he died. Children, born in Holliston, to Thomas and Beriah Marshall: 1.' Keziah, born March 2, 1744-5. 2. Thomas, born January 24, 1746. 3. Aaron, born November 8, 1747; settled in 1770 at Dublin, New Hampshire; learned the trade of scythe maker at Framingham; married Esther Townsend, born at Lynn, September 5, 1751; died December 22, 1806. 4. David, born December 13, 1750; mentioned below. 5. Jonathan, born October 26, 1752, died young. Child of Thomas and Mary: 6. Jonathan, born January 24, 1757. Others of this Marshall family also settled in Dublin.

(V) David Marshall, son of Thomas Marshall (4), was born December 13, 1750, at Holliston. He went to Dublin with his father's family, removed from Dublin to Fryeburg, Maine, and thence to Bethel, Maine, and settled finally at Hebron about 1782. He married Lucy Mason, who died at Hebron, August 25, 1824, daughter of Dr. Moses Mason,-of Dover. At the time of the Indian raid into Bethel, August 3, 1781, Marshall and his wife and two children started through the wilderness for New Gloucester to seek safety. They stopped a short time at Jackson's camp on Paris Hill. (See "History of Paris,' Maine, p. 66). Children, born at Bethel: 1. David Jr., born February 1, 1779; settled on High street, Paris; married Sarah Goss. 2. Asahel, born March 9, 1781. Children, born at Hebron: 3. Luly, born May 8, 1783, died unmarried. 4. Walter, born August 17, 1785; married Thirza Gurney ; was a Baptist minister. 5. John, born November 15, 1787; married Sally Gurney; lived near Marshall's Pond. 6. Moses, born July 25, 1789; mentioned below. 7. Aaron, born January 19, 1792; married Bethia Bumpus. 8. Nathan, born January 16, 1795; married Zilpah Dunham, daughter of Eleazer Dunham; resided on High street, Paris. 9. Miriam, born April, 1798; married Joseph Irish.

(VI) Moses Marshall, son of David Marshall (5), was born at Hebron, July 25, 1789. He married Ruth Whittemore. Child born at Hebron, Moses Mason, mentioned below.

(VII) Moses Marshall, son of Moses Marshall (6), was born at Hebron, Maine, June 9, 1824. He received his early education in the district schools of his native town, and worked at home on his father's farm until 1841, when he removed to Southborough, Massachusetts, and engaged in the butcher's trade on his own account. His meat business grew to such large proportions that he -purchased a stall in Faneuil Hall Market ten years later. He continued in the wholesale and retail meat and provision business in Boston and Southborough for nearly half a century, acquiring a handsome fortune. He retired from active business in 1890, and died at his home at 280 Harvard street, Cambridge, Massachusetts, February 28, 1905. He had made his home in Cambridge since 1885. Mr. Marshall was a citizen of sterling character, upright, straightforward and conscientious in his busi- ness affairs, and of the utmost integrity in all the relations of life. In religion he was a Unitarian; in politics a Republican. He was a member of no secret societies, and preferred to devote himself during his active life to his home and his business. He applied himself to business with great industry and perhaps that trait of character, indicated by his great industry and application, was the chief cause of his success in life.

He married, at Southborough, December 15,.1847, Caroline Draper Newton, born at Southborough, March 12, 1829, daughter of Sylvester and Mary S. (Ball) Newton. Her father was born in Southborough, December I, 1801, son of Stephen and Sally (Fay) Newton, and was a prosperous farmer of his native town. The Newton family is one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Southborough, descendants of Richard Newton, the immigrant, of Sudbury. Children: 1. Ella Caroline, born at Southborough, February 13, 1849; married Martin W. Stimpson, a banker and real estate broker, residing at Los Angeles, California; child, Marshall W. Stimpson, lawyer, who married Marie Gordon, of Los Angeles and they have three chil- 2. Marion, born September 28, 1850; married Albert F. Harlow, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, manager of the office department of the Revere Sugar Refinery of, Boston; children: i. Caroline Harlow; ii. Marie Harlow, married Paul Poineer, of Newark, New Jersey, and they have one child. 3. Moses Sylvester, born May 3, 1860, educated Chauncy Hall; engaged in commission business in Boston; member of Amicable Lodge of Free Masons, Cambridge, where he lives; married Grace Clark, and they have one child, Dorothy, born February 8, 1889.

The names of Simonds and SIMONDS_ Symonds are undoubtedly of the same origin, the latter being the ancient form of spelling. The Symonds, of Hampshire, England, were people of quality and an ancient monument in Winchester Cathedral bears the following inscription: "Here lieth Wm. Symonds, Gentleman, Of Winchester, twice Mayor and Alderman; Alice, his wife lies buried by his side. The one in June, in July the other died. On the 18th day, 1601. Shee; On the 27th day, 1606. Hee; His merit doth inherit Life and Fame; | For whilst this city stands, Symonds, his name, records is William: Simonds, who, according to the history of Peru, Vermont, was a descendant of the William and Alice mentioned in the foregoing inscription. The date of his arrival in New England is unknown. About the year 1644 he settled in Woburn, Massachusetts, locating in the vicinity of Dry brook, and his death occurred June 7, 1672. January 18, 1643-44, he married Judith Hayward (nee Phippen), widow of James Hayward, and a passenger from England on board the ship "Planter" in 1635. She was the mother of twelve children by her second husband, whom she also survived, and she died January 3, 1689-90. Their descendants became numerous in Woburn and Burlington, and spread out through Bedford, Billerica and other places.

In or about the year 1744, a William Simonds settled in that part of Groton which in 1756 was set off as the town of Shirley, and his name appears in the petition for its incorporation. His farm was located in the northerly part of the town. The records of Shirley furnish no information relative to his family.

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Elijah Simonds, probably a son of William went from Shirley, to Gardner, Massachusetts, about the year 1772, settling in the southerly portion of that town, and he resided there until 1802, when he removed with his family to Peru, Vermont. He settled upoon new land just south of what is known as the Dudley place, first building a log house and later erecting a frame dwelling, and he resided there for the remainder of his life, which terminated at the age of eighty-five years. The maiden surname of his wife does not appear in the records examined, but they ' state that her christian name was Abigail, and that she died at eighty-four. Elijah was a Revolutionary soldier and in his latter years was granted a pension by the federal government. He had a family of ten children: 1. Elizabeth, born April 7, 1774, died June 29, 1776. 2. Elijah, born January 28, 1777, died September 10, of the same year. 3. Elijah, born November 14, 1778, married Persis Richardson. 4. Jonathan, born December 9, 1780. 5. Ezekiel, born February 25, 1783. 6. David, see next paragraph. 7. Abigail, born July 11, 1788,'died August 5, 1791. 8. Asa, born November 7, 1790. 9. Abigail, born August 5, 1793. 10. Lucy, born November BIL BIG 7: born in Gardner, March 4, 1786. He removed with the family to Peru in 1802, when sixteen years old, and in early manhood cleared a farm adjoining that of his father, contending with the numerous hardships and vicissitudes which fall to the lot of a pioneer. AIthough his progress was for a time seriously retarded by the burning of his dwelling, his christian fortitude enabled him to bear his misfortune with meekness and submission, and he eventually attained a comfortable prosperity, which he sustained with equal humility, never for a moment neglecting his religious duties. He lived to be an octogenerian and his death occurred in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, July 12, 1869. For thirty years he served as a deacon of the church in Peru, and was succeeded in that office by his son, Oliver P. Simonds, who was still acting in that capacity in 1891. Naturally intelligent he was inclined to be studious and was a constant reader, especially of works upon religious subjects. From the knowledge thus obtained he derived liberal views regarding theology and creeds, leaning toward the Armenian, instead of the Calvinistic doctrine and this freedom from sectarian prejudice enabled him to conscientiously sympathize with all christian worshippers, irrespective of denomination or creed. With his wife he united with the Congregational Church at Peru in 1816. Deacon David Simonds was married February 26, 1811, to Anna Byam, born July 5, 1791, daughter of John and Sarah (Haywood) Byam, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. She died in Peru in 1885, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. They were the parents of eleven children: 1. Sarah, died October p11) 19350, 2..,Wavid K., died june 25, 1835. 3. Oliver P., born in Peru in 1815, married Mary A. Cone. 4. Joseph H., born in 1818, married Emily Messinger and died at Peru in 1876. 5. Amanda, who became the wife of Deacon John Frost, of Jaffrey, New Hampshire. 6. Stephen D., who married Emeline Carter for his first wife, Ellen Stiles for his second wife, and settled in Granville, Illinois, having two children, George and Alice. 7. Elmina, who became the wife 'of Milo Simpson, and went to reside in Hoosick, New York. 8. Elijah, who will be again referred to. 9. Edwin B., who married Marion Farnum and located in Virginia. 10. Affa A., who became the wife of James Pebbles and settled in New Ipswich. 11. David K., born in 1839, married Ellen Clark and settled in Manchester, Vermont. The latter was a

Elijah Simonds, fifth son and eighth child of Deacon David and Anna (Byam) Simonds, was born in Peru, 1827. He was a lifelong resident of Peru, and his death occurred March 24, 1867. He married Angeline Eddy, of Winhall, Vermont, and she became the mother of four children: 1. Silas E., who will be mentioned *Jater. <2: Atta A. born January 3, 1858, married Fayette I. 'Farnum, or Peru Vermont; now lives in Manchester, Vermont. 3. Anna F., born March 16, 1860, married John L. Byard, of Peru, Vermont; now lives in Southboro, Massachusetts. 4. Blanche E., born November 16, 1864, died April 6, 1890.

Silas Elijah Simonds, son of Elijah and Angeline (Eddy) Simonds, was born in Peru, March' 19, 1854. He attended school in his native town, and when seventeen years old came to Massachusetts, first locating in Natick. Entering the express business in 1879 he found ample opportunities for the exercise of his ability and sound judgment, and in 1885 moved to Marlboro, Massachusetts, entering the employ of what was then known as Dart and Company's Express. In 1881 he acquired a half interest in the business, and in 1892 the business was incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts as the Dart Express Company, of which he became treasurer. Mr. Simonds is a well known local express official, having been connected with the business for a period of thirty-five years, and is therefore one of the oldest in point of service. He was instrumental in organizing the Marlborough Awl and Needle Company, and being chosen its first president he continued in that capacity until the enterprise was sold to the United Shoe Machinery Company. He also conducts a local insurance agency, is a member of the board of directors of the Peoples' National Bank, with which he has been connected for many years, and is a trustee of the Marlborough Savings Bank. In politics he is a Republican? His religious affiliations are with the Congregational church.

November 22, 1875, Mr. Simonds was united in marriage with Alice Washburn, daughter of Dexter Washburn, of Natick. Like the majority of this name in New England she is a descendant of John Washburn, who arrived from the mother country about the year 1631, and settled in Duxbury, Massachusetts. Mr. and Mrs. Simonds have four children: Fred Washburn, Jennie May, Warren James and Howard Messinger.

England branch of the family claims relationship with Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, and the New York family is doubtless descended from an English immigrant before the Revolution. The coat-of-arms of the English family is: Argent a fess and three tortouxes in chief gules. Crest-Issuing out of a coronet a talbot's head. This coat-of-arms has been in use in this family, which is descended from the immigrant, John Devereux, since before 1750, perhaps from his time. He was a fisherman, born 1614. The Devereux family is also prominent in Ireland.

(III) Charles Joseph Devereux, son of John Devereux (2), was born in New York city. He married Lucretia Mary Best, born in Boston, Massachusetts. Children: 1. Charles Best, born December 31, 1865; mentioned below. 2. Lucretia Mary, born October 19, 1871; married April 30, 1895, Arthur Wellington Chesterton, of Boston; children: i. Lucie Adele Chesterton, born October 11, 1896; ii. Arthur Devereux Chesterton, born July 27, 1900, died February 11, 1g0r; ui. Arthur Devereux Chesterton, born February 7, 1902; iv. Thomas Warner Chesterton, born June 13, 1906. 3. Florence Blackie, born May 4, 1876; married December 26, 1899, Vaughn J. Weatherly, of New York city; children:. 1. Vaughn Meserve Weatherly, born April 20, 1901; ii. Charles Gordon Weatherly, born December 6, 1905. 4. Blanche, born January 2, 1880; married April 12, '1904, Stephen H. Plum, of Newark, New Jersey, and had Stephen Haynes Plum, Jr., born December 20, 1906, and Lucretia Mary Plum, born December 30, 1907.

(IV) Charles Best Devereux, son of Charles Joseph Devereux (3), was born at Boston, Massachusetts, December 31, 1865. He received his education in the Boston public schools, graduating from the English high school in 1885. He then entered the employ of the firm of Witchter & Emory, dealers in shoe findings, 4 High street, Boston, as clerk. After a short time he became clerk in the furniture store of Keeler & Co. for two years, and then engaged in business for himself in part- nership with Arthur W. Chesterton, under the - firm name of A. W. Chesterton & Co., manufacturers of steam packing and mechanical tools, such as boiler tube cleaners, brushes and gauge glass cutters, etc., with factory in Melrose, Massachusetts, at the corner of Main and Emerson streets, and offices at 64 India street, Boston, and Chicago, Illinois. The firm is also represented by the Advance Packing and Supply corporation, of which A. W. Chesterton is president, George L. Hammond vicepresident, and W. A. Hanna secretary and treasurer. It is through this concern that A. _ W. Chesterton & Co. distribute a large part of their product in the south and west. Mr. Devereux is one of the directors of this company and the capital stock is owned by A. W. Chesterton & Company. _

Mr. Devereux resides at 8 Wellington street, Arlintgon, where he built his handsome and substantial residence in 1895. He attends the Baptist church at Arlington, and has served on the music committee. He is a Republican in politics. He was made a member of St. John's Lodge of Free Masons, Boston, and is at present a member of Hiram Lodge of Arlington. He is a member of the Arlington Boat Club, and was its president three years. He is also 'a member of the Boston Athletic Club and the Boston Yacht Club, and was formerly of the Arlingtom Golf Club. He belongs to the Boston Oil Trade Association.

He married, October 29, 1891, Katherine Chesterton, born in New York city, April 7, 1866, daughter of Thomas Samuel and Sarah (Warner) Chesterton, of Malden, Massachusetts. Her father was formerly a brush manufacturer in England. "Children: 1. Marion, born. September 17, 1892; died July 2, 1893. 2. Aileen, born May 21, 1895. 3. Doris, born November 19, 1896.

The name of Downer is Anglo-Saxon, and originated in the fact that those to whom it was first given had their home in the "Downs," in the south of England. The family is an ancient one in England, and were large landholders. They bore arms with the motto "A Cruce Salus." The progenitors of the Downers in America lived near the city of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

(I) Robert Downer married Hannah Vincent. The family tradition is that Hannah Vincent made her escape from Paris with her brother, a Protestant preacher, at the time of the Huguenot persecutions in France, and fled

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(11) Joseph Downer, son or grandson of Robert Downer, of Wiltshire, England, was the immigrant ancestor of the Downer family. He settled in Newbury, Massachusetts, where he died in 1715. He took the oath of allegiance there in 1678 and was a taxpayer of the town. He was a member of the Newbury church previous to 1674, and in the new meeting house built in 1700 he occupied the "first seat west." He had a lot of fifteen and one- 1alf acres laid out to him by the town in 1678, and this is the earliest Downer land date found. He married July 9, 1660, Mary Knight, daughter of John and Elizabeth Knight, of Romsey, Hants county, England, who sailed from Hampton in the ship "'James'' of London, William Cooper master. Children: 1. Mary, born March 18, 1661-2. 2. Joseph, born April 25, 1666; mentioned below. 3. Andrew, born July 25, 1672; married December 20, 1699, Susannah Huntington. 4. Daughter, born January 16, 1675.

(III) Joseph Downer, son of Joseph Downer (2), was born in Newbury, April 25, 1666. He removed to West Farms, (now Franklin) district of Norwich, Connecticut, and bought land there with buildings thereon, of John Wiborn, May 5, 1716. The land is described as three hundred and sixty acres "situated on Middle Hill, on the Windham road, partly in Norwich and partly in Lebanon." In October of the same year he and his son Joseph were among those of the inhabitants of Norwich who signed a petition to the general court at New Haven asking to be set off as a separate parish on account of the distance from the meeting house. He married, in 1692, Hannah Grafton, who died at Norwich, October 12, 1741. Children: 1. Joseph, born September 29, 1093; mentioned below. 2. John, born March 15, 1695, died at the age of sixteen. 3. Andrew, born May 14, 1697; married Sarah Lazell. 4. Samuel, born April 12, 1699; died 1797; married Phebe Bishop. 5. Richard, born February I1, 1701-2; married January 13, 1726, Mercy Horton of Colchester. 6. Hannah, born February 16, 1704. 7. Benjamin, born February 24, 1706; died at sea. 8. Mary, born May 14, 1708. 9. Caleb, born July 8, 1710; married December 5, 1733, Martha Smith, of Franklin. to. Edmund, born about 1712; married October 2, 1741, Anna Munson (or Munsell) of Norwich. 11. John, ° born about 1714; married Mary Fry. 12. Stephen, baptized at. Franklin, May 26, 1717;

(IV) Deacon Joseph Downer, son of Joseph Downer (3), was born September 29, 1693, and died at Franklin, Connecticut, November 23, 1756. He was made administrator of his father's estate, and upon the death of his father came into possession of almost the entire homestead, which had been deeded to him in 1721 in consideration of "love and goodwill." He married, October 14, 1724, Mary Sawyer, of Norwich, who died December 5, 1758, in the fifty-fourth year of her age. Both he and his wife lie buried in the old Franklin burying ground, and their tombstones are in an excellent state of preservation, and bear the following inscriptions:

"Here lies the body of Mr. Joseph Downer, who died Nov. 23, 1756, in the 64th year of his age. He was a professor of Religion, lived & died in The faith of the gospel, And is now hopefully Reaping the happy Consequences."

"Here lies the body of Mrs. Mary Downer, the Relict Of Mr. Joseph Downer, who Died Decembr 5th, 1758, in The 54th year of her Age, with a joyful expectation of a happy Immortality ; her undiscembled piety & resignation to ye will of God Was Remarkable. Ye living Immitate her shining example."

Children: 1. Susanna, born June 24, 172 - ; married November 21, 1750, Amos Yeomans. 2. Lavinia, born December 31, 1728; married first, James Cushman, of Lebanon; second, Giles Yeomans, of Stonington. 3. William, born April 22, 1730; mentioned below. 4. Joseph, born February 9, 1732; died July 21, 1821, at Thetford, Vermont; married first, April 7, 1755, Alcessa Cushman ; second, Asenath 5. Thankful, born March 31, 1735: married April 1, 1756, Henry Fillmore, the ancestor of President Fillmore. 6. Dr. Abraham, born August 22, 1737; married Lois Abel. 7. James, born February 12, married April 30, 1761, Lois Lathrop; died October 27, 1823. 8. Lucretia, born March 26, 1742; died at Norwich, August 10, 1760. 9. Dr. Eliphalet, born April 4, 1744; died April 4, 1806; married June 19, 1766, Mary Gardner, of Brookline, Massachusetts. 10. Mary, born June 27, 1749; probably died young.

(V) William Downer, son of Joseph Downer (4), was born April 22, 1730, and died at Lebanon, New Hampshire, December 27, _ 1784. He first lived at Lebanon, Connecticut, then a part of Norwich. He was executor of his father's will, which was proved February 26, 1757. He was one of four who in 1761 went to New Hampshire and founded the town of Lebanon, named after their home town. He brought his family July 11, 1763, to their new home, and they were the first family to settle in the town. He was a soldier in the Revolution in Colonel Chase's regiment, and marched to reinforce the Continental army at Ticonderoga, March 6, 1778. He married Experience - . Children: 1. William, born at Norwich, Connecticut, about 1755; soldier in the Revolution ; married November 21, 1778, Anna Wilson at Lebanon. 2. Joseph, born at Norwich; mentioned below. 3. George Grafton, born June 27, 1771, died February 28, 1824; married, 1797, Susannah (Reed) Bullock. 4. Daughter. 5. Zilpah, married December 3, 1772, Phineas Wright. 6. Martha, born June 1, 1774. 7. Experience, born September 8, 1776.

(VII) Elisha Downer, son of Joseph Downer (6), was born at Lebanon, February 24, 1795, died at Charlestown, Massachusetts, April 9, 1880, aged eighty-five years one month sixteen days, the last survivor of his family. He was brought up on his father's farm in his native town, and educated in the public schools of that town. In 1838 he removed to Charlestown, Massachusetts, and established the grocery business which he conducted until 1847. He suffered many misfortunes, losing his stock by fire three times with no insurance. He was so thoroughly discouraged after the third disaster that he turned over the management of the store to his son, then only fifteen years old, and he succeeded in conducting the business profitably and supporting the family until he reached his majority. Elisha Downer married Sarah A. Cooper, who was born in Canaan, Vermont, died at tog Warren street, Charlestown, October 26, 1891, aged eighty-six years, seven months; she was a daughter of Jesse and Sarah (Beach) Cooper, natives of North Haven, Vermont, and a sister of Judge Will- ard Cooper, of Colebrook, New Hampshire. Children: 1. Eliza, married Thomas Cunningham. 2. Amelia, died in infancy. 3. Sarah Helen, married Ira A. Merritt. She was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, died in Charlestown, Massachusetts, August 10, 1873; Ira A. Merritt, died at Charlestown, August 2, 1873. 4. Francis Elisha, mentioned below.

(VII) Francis Elisha Downer, son of Elisha Downer (7), was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, March 6, 1832. He came to Charlestown, Massachusetts, with his parents when six years old, and was educated there in the public schools. When he was only fifteen years of age he took full charge of his father's grocery business in Charlestown, and conducted it for the family for six years. He assumed the ownership when he came of age, and continued the business all his life with the utmost success. He resided in Charlestown until 1887, when he removed to Lexington, Massachusetts. He made his home in the beautiful residence at Lexington built by him, where his widow and daughters are now living. He died there May 29, 1891.

Although his extensive business interests 'were always exacting, he found time to give to public affairs. He was an active and influential Republican. For several years he was a member of the common council of the city of Charlestown, and he represented his district in the general court in 1875. He was a trustee of the Charlestown Five Cents Savings Bank. He was a member of King Solomons Lodge of Free Masons, and of the Lodge of Knights of Honor. He attended the Baptist church, and was a liberal contributor to the support of that church and its various benevolences. He was a typical American business man, starting with few advantages in the way of education and capital and achieving a foremost position in the business world. He was gifted with unusual ability, and distinguished by his uprightness and integrity. He had the force of character and intelligence that gave him a. position of leadership among men. Made familiar early in life with care and responsibilities, he found out how to bear them easily and to make the most of the opportunities they gave to him. He was popular with employees and associates in business, and won the respect and confidence of all men.

He married October 31, 1865, Melissa E. Briggs, born in Charlestown, December 6, 1843, daughter of Philander Stevens and Dorothea (Scott) Briggs. -(See sketch of Briggs family). Children of Francis E. and Melissa

E. (Briggs) Downer: 1. Sarah Zilpha, born 1867; died February 22, 1888. 2. Charles Briggs, born July 28, 1870; educated in the public schools of Charlestown; now engaged in the automobile business in New York City; unmarried. 3. Francis Elisha, Jr., born January 26, 1873; educated in the public schools ; now engaged in mercantile business in Boston; married, 1905, Olive Currier, of Lexington; child: Stuart Briggs Downer, born January 23, 1908. 4. Melissa E., born June 29, 1875; married, 1898, William Hunt, « banker and broker of Boston, residing in Lexington. 5. Mary Louise, born January 20, 1882, lives with her mother in Lexington.

The surname Briggs is from the old Saxon word Brigg, meaning bridge, and has been in use from the earliest times in England. "William atte Brigge of Salle'? was mentioned in the records of Edward I and Edward II, about 1272, and the Norfolk family of this name traces their descent from him. Various branches of the family in England have coats-of-arms and include many distinguished men.

(1) Clement Briggs, the American immigrant, came from Southwarke, England. At any rate he made an affidavit August 29, 1638, to the effect that in the year 1616 he was living with Samuel Latham, on Bermundsey street, Southwarke, England. He came to the Plymouth colony in New England in 1621, in the ship "Fortune." He was a felsmonger by trade. Latham was also a felsmonger, and doubtless taught him his trade. In this affidavit Briggs states that Thomas Harlow was then dwelling with Robert Heeks at that place. Briggs is mentioned in a letter from Governor Bradford to Governor John Winthrop in 1631. Briggs was in Weymouth in 1633; acknowledged the sale of a piece of land at Plymouth to Robert Heeks, August 29, 1638; shared in

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1627, and owned land at Joanes Swamp, June 3, 1639; was an innholder at Weymouth, June 5, 1660, and earlier. His will was proved October 24, 1650, bequeathing to wife, to sons Thomas, Jonathan, Clement, David, Remember. The widow made her will November 13, 1683, bequeathing to grandchild Clement and to son Remember Briggs. He married Joane Allen. Mr. Thomas Stoughton performed the ceremony, and was fined for his action March I, 1630-1. Apparently the marriage was properly legalized, but the magistrate exceeded his authority in some manner. Briggs was a resi- dent of Weymouth from about 1630, though this marriage was before a Dorchester magistrate. Clergymen were not allowed to officiate at marriages in the early coloniel days. He married second, Elizabeth Children : 1. Thomas, born June 14, 1633. 2. Jonathan, born June 14, 1635. 3. David, born August 23, 1640. 4. Clement, Jr., born January 2, 1642-3. Children of second wife: 5. John, died young. 6. Remember.